Affordable senior housing tower coming to Chinatown
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Honolulu City Council members voted 8-1 Wednesday to provide a crucial regulatory approval for the 156-unit Halewai‘olu Senior Residences project for kupuna with low incomes. The future proposed site of an affordable senior housing project is seen on River Street in Chinatown on Wednesday.
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A view of the future proposed site of an affordable senior housing project is seen on River Street in Chinatown on Wednesday. A clash between developers and the community has recently arisen over fears the 17-story tower — slated for River Street between Kukui Street and Vineyard Boulevard — will channel emissions from a neighboring mortuary’s crematorium to the headquarters of Lum Sai Ho Tong Hawaii, a cultural society that has maintained the Tin Hau Temple next door for 131 years.
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A view of the future proposed site of an affordable senior housing project is seen on River Street in Chinatown on Wednesday. A clash between developers and the community has recently arisen over fears the 17-story tower — slated for River Street between Kukui Street and Vineyard Boulevard — will channel emissions from a neighboring mortuary’s crematorium to the headquarters of Lum Sai Ho Tong Hawaii, a cultural society that has maintained the Tin Hau Temple next door for 131 years.
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An abandoned building sits on the future proposed site of an affordable senior housing project on River Street in Chinatown.
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An abandoned building sits on the future proposed site of an affordable senior housing project on River Street in Chinatown.
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Two smoke stacks from a mortuary are seen from the future proposed site of an affordable senior housing project on River Street on Wednesday.